Two teenage girls testified at a trial Tuesday for a man they say sexually assaulted them when they were in preschool and kindergarten about a decade ago — and were asked why it took so long for their allegations to come to light.
The defendant in the case, Kenneth Wilson Mills, of De Soto, is now 35 but would have been 23 to 24 at the time of the alleged crimes. He is charged with one count of rape, two ...
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A Lawrence woman has been charged with multiple counts of identity theft after police alleged that she charged thousands of dollars to 18 people's bank accounts.
Billie Jean Peterson, 25, was arrested Tuesday afternoon at around 1:20 p.m. at Lawrence police headquarters, 5100 Overland Drive. On Wednesday, she was formally charged in Douglas County District Court with nine ...
A 51-year-old Lawrence man has been charged with first-degree murder and multiple counts of attempted murder in connection with a Sunday morning double homicide in Lawrence that also involved a police chase that ended in nearby Eudora.
Rodney Ericson Marshall was charged on Monday with two counts of first-degree murder intentional and premeditated. He was also charged with five counts of attempted capital ...
Two four-legged members of the Lawrence Police Department recently got special gifts from an area nonprofit: custom-fitted ballistic vests that will help them do their work more safely.
The vests for patrol service dogs Shadow and Mack were donated to the department by Friends of the K9 Vest Midwest, a nonprofit that was founded by Douglas County resident Emily Fawcett in 2021. Fawcett is the owner of Pampered ...
A Topeka man who pulled a handgun after a dispute during a pick-up basketball game was sentenced to probation on Friday, despite state sentencing guidelines that presumed prison time for the gun-related conviction.
Isaaic C. Jameson, 22, pleaded no contest to two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in June. On Friday, Judge Stacey Donovan sentenced him to 26 months in prison before suspending the ...
A man was beaten at a Lawrence nightclub before returning with a pistol and firing multiple shots at patrons outside of the club from his car, according to an arrest affidavit.
As the Journal-World has reported, Jermey Anthony Johnson, 24, is charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder in connection with a shooting that occurred on Aug. 1, 2021, at the now-closed Allstars nightclub at 913 N. Second ...
